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January 30, 2024Less than 100 German Leopard-2 tanks transferred to Ukraine, at least 26 have been knocked out, and the rest are difficult to use due to maintenance and repair issues.
This is reported by the American magazine Foreign Affairs.
The publication states that during the summer counteroffensive, these tanks “showed good results, but were hardly invincible super weapons”.
“Like all tanks, the survivability of the Leopard-2 and Abrams on the battlefield depends on the coordination of tank forces with infantry, artillery, and engineers, and to maintain combat readiness, armored vehicles require a developed service infrastructure. Ukraine was unable to provide this in 2023,” the publication believes.
The Leopard-2 led the initial summer attacks with weak support but did not achieve significant success.
“A larger number of modern tanks on the battlefield could have helped, but the offensive does not provide sufficient evidence that the best tanks would have played a decisive role,” Foreign Affairs concludes.
It was previously reported that Ukraine uses few Leopard-2 tanks due to a lack of spare parts and unsuccessful attempts to repair them.
“Unfortunately, it can be noted that only a very small number of delivered combat tanks can still be used by Ukraine,” said a military expert.